DFS Week 5 - Reflections

In your DFS experience this past week, how many hours did you complete? (1 sentence)


I completed 5.5 hours




What did you do in your DFS experience this past week? (2-3 sentences)

I met with Dr. Stokrocki and Dr. Julian for a gallery tour. We discussed how to make the show clearer, and talked about methods of communication that are unique to Virtual Learning Environments. (VLE's) On Friday I attended the weekly meeting at Non-Profit Commons. We viewed a presentation on the Virtual World Library. I connected with educators Zinnia Zaub, Vallibrarian Greg and Becky Beale, who suggested that I apply for an office space at the Non-Profit Commons. I worked on the Climate Change Tartan video and applied the suggested changes to project.





Write a reflection in which you discuss your thoughts about your development of new leadership skills and/or your observation of skills that you might choose to incorporate into your leadership skills repertoire.


I'm finding this Directed Field Study to be incredibly exciting and absorbing. I'm learning skills in creating collaborative spaces in VLE's, and thinking about how to incorporate them into our program in the fall. This is the kind of connection that will be very valuable if we're sent back to online learning due to the virus. One of the richest part of the experience is connecting with so many educators from all around the country - indeed, from all around the world. It's ironic that I am meeting more new, interesting colleagues now that I'm housebound than I did when I was going to the college every day. I'm very excited by the opportunity to attend the Ilrn 2020 conference this week. With everything else that I have to do it may be difficult, but I intend to squeeze as many seminars and speakers into my schedule as possible.